Bad Religion
The Handshake
Stranger Than Fiction (1994)

Tune down 1/2 step

Dm  C x 4  (embarque 3)

Dm                                  C
Every time you shake someone's hand
Dm                                 C
And it feels like your best friend
C                     G             Dm     C
Could it be that it's only superficiality?

Without regard to well-being
Without an inkling of compromise
Handshakes are nothing but a subtle "fuck you"
C                       G                Dm  C
Contracts determine the best friendships

  B♭                     F      C
  This is the way of the modern world
  Dm                   A
  Everyone's vying for patronage
  B♭                     F      C
  This is the way of the modern world
      B♭ (r)      C     {Dm  C} x 2
  And something's gotta give

Every time you shake someone's hand
And you share neither color or creed
You gotta overcome the obstacles of history

There is restrained passion
Mistrust, and bigotry
And these have created the new foundations of society
There's no harmony just class and race

  This is the way of the modern world
  Everyone's fighting for dominance
  This is the way of the modern world
  And something's gotta give

    B♭  F        C  Dm
Now I believe in unity
And I am willing to compromise
        B♭               F       A (P.M.)
But I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul

Dm  C x 2  C  G  Dm  C  w/ solo

Every time you shake someone's hand
It determines where you stand
And if you won't uphold your side it's better to

Dm  C \\\

  B♭                 F
  Fend for yourself, fend for yourself             x 6
  C                      Dm
  Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake

  3e w/ I believe in unity
        And I am willing to compromise
        I believe in unity
        But I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul

  B♭        C     Dm   C!
  Someone's gotta give